Dear Traders, You are meant to do something great. At SMB Capital, a proprietary trading desk in NYC/Miami, we are proud to have developed numerous 7-figure-a-year and even 8-figure-a-year traders. Yes! Become your best trader with impressive PnL. But there are many other ways to be great as a trader at a proprietary trading firm or elsewhere. Being great at … Read More
5 Keys to Make More Money in Your Profitable Trades
Have you ever made a good trade and regretted you did not make more? And after giving this more thought you concluded that if you could just make more in your best trades you could do SO much better as a trader. And I mean a lot better. In fact, this one issue, might be the thing holding you back … Read More
How to maximize your time with an experienced trader (change idea)
In this post you will learn: How to maximize your time with an experienced trader. You have many of the trading answers you need to improve. Be dilligent because that’s who stands out to successful traders. A potential new video series for the trading community on our YouTube channel. A friend/trading colleague, @austinmitchyblu, reach out and asked for me to … Read More
Striving for Excellence in Prop Trading (Podcast with Mike Bellafiore)
In this podcast episode with AlphaMind, Mike shares how SMB puts a heavy emphasis on learning and continual improvement. And in supporting our traders to become elite. What you will hear in this interview is how SMB’s culture of continual improvement and striving for excellence is the fuel behind our success. And this is what helps so many traders at … Read More
I want to be the best trader at the prop firm
The proper focus for a trader Focus on being your best trader. Focusing on anything different may cause you to fall short of your potential. At our prop firm, falling short of your potential is NOT acceptable. This game is about being your best. Yet, it is common for traders to strive to be better than another trader(s). Have you … Read More
When you have to start making real money as a trader (now!)
It is not uncommon for a trader to have to start making real money. Perhaps the trader is running out of money. Or if he at a firm, where he is being paid like SMB Capital, and the firm needs to see him start to make progress. The trader has his back up against the wall. The trader needs … Read More
Unveiling Our Best Trading Month in Firm History: 3 Key Reasons Behind Our Success!
January of 2021 was our firm’s best trading month, since we started in 2005. March of 2020 had been our prior top month to date. I do hope our success gives you some valuable ideas on how to improve your trading. Here are 3 reasons why we had our best month in firm history: 1. Every trade has an executable … Read More
Judge your trading performance versus the opportunity
During a GChat, with an elite trader on our desk, an important lesson emerged. Sitting at my remote trading station, I was pinged with a chat: I can see how everyone is doing on our desk, with a leaderboard we use to watch risk and performance. The leaderboard displays the real-time PnL of all the desk’s traders. I hadn’t noticed … Read More